Grater for removing and flaking edible rinds



Feb. 29, 1944. E. PRINZ 2,342,892 I GRATER FOR REMOVING AND FLAKING EDIBLE RINDS Filed July 10, 1942 FIG. I. FIG. 2

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I gyvumvho'v EDWARD PRINZ Patented Feb. 29, 1944 UNIT-E125] anal??? F .REM N AN rn m a DIBWRINDS.

Edwin- 1, St. Paul, i vnm e lieet eelelr a ater a i sales comma; (91. 14 177) carry. certain oils and flavors not available :tr'orn any other source Han itte s 2i ff ee types? av b em e d a d 31 otati is ers, s ne i a r tin lin er Q1 "3 l' l f me i w h ate a nstw ichtlle in of the fruit is held to effect the gratingrem val; ee e ou iffigtlt a so .1 H all f he v e that-the l... ta eted; m the nd; at t e fruit y he a in; me ersimpact upon the face of the grating mem en. necessitating frequent and diflicult cleaning off of the impacted rind particles. Furthermore, the surfaces employed on these devices are either flat or cylindrical, and the application of the fruit to the outside of these surfaces results in action upon a very small part of the fruit rind at any time and not only slows the whole operation, but tends to cut through in places tothe inner pulp of the fruit. 7

It is an object of my invention, therefore, to eliminate these difficulties by providing a deeply concaved rotating surface which has in general a concayed curve corresponding to the convex curve of the fruit rind, whereby the grating members will act upon a considerable body of the fruit rind simultaneously and will have little tendency thrown off of the grater, thus avoiding the necessity of frequently stopping the grating operation to remove the impacted material from the face of the grater.

It is a further object of my invention to provide the above-noted features in conjunction with a simple, effective and economical arrangement for clamping the device to the edge of a table or other board, where it may be used to the greatest advantage.

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As illustrated, the grater comprises 4 Hi to which is attached a deeply concavedgr'ater member H which may be formed of sheet metal as shown. This grater member II includes a flat bottom portion I2 secured as indicated at l3 to the head base 10. From the bottom portion or plate |2there extends outwardly the curved portion M running into a surrounding rim I5. Extending in broad arcs from the bottom plate 12 just inside of the rim I5, are a series of slots 5 curved in broad arcs and extending along the curved portion M of the grater member H. As best shown in Fig. 2, it will be noted that these slots are not formed radially with reference to the axis of rotation of the grater member, but extend at a considerable angle to the radii of said axis of rotation.

These slots are spaced substantial distances apart leaving between them strips of metal I! as clearly shown in most of the figures of the drawing. These strips I! have formed therein lines of grater teeth 35] punched inwardly as indicated in an enlarged detail in Fig. 5. The grater member as a whole therefore, comprises lines of grater projections extending in the metal between slots, both of these lines of projections and the slots being curved in broad arcs and extending at an angle to the radii going through the center of rotation of the grater as a whole.

The grater head It) has secured thereto a shaft l8 formed in conjunction with a crank arm l9, Fig. 1. The shaft I8 extends through an opening 20 in a vertical bracket arm 2! and an opening 22 in a depending flange extending from a right-angled portion 23 of the bracket arm 2|. The main supporting bracket arm 2! edbe is provided with clamping flanges 24 and 25, which with the aid of a clamping screw 26, enables the device to be readily clamped upon an edge of a table or other supporting board.

In operation, assuming the parts to be in the position of Figs. 1 and 2, the grater member II is rotated at any desired speed by means of the crank handl l9. As it is rotated, the rind of a fruit such as indicated at 21, Fig. 3, will be held inside of the grater member with the rind contacting the inside of the curved portion l4, so that the lines of inwardly punched grater teeth 30 will progressively engage portions of the rind, thus progressively tearing away fragments of the rind which are projected through the slots l6 outwardly and downwardly to be received in any receptacle such as is indicated at 28 in Fig. l.

The advantages of my invention will quite clearly appear from the above statement of its structure and mode of operation. The action of the obliquely disposed lines of grater teeth projecting inwardly into what is in effect a rapidly moving curved trough of the grater member II, is to disintegrate portions of the rind in successive small flakes or flecks, and to discharge them through the slots Hi. This not only produces a much superior form of shredding or flaking of the grated rind, but prevents its impacting into cakes or slabs on the face of the grater member. This obviates a serious defect in other rotating grating devices wherein these slabs not only take up a lot of time for removal, but present the grated rind in chunks and masses that are difficult to disintegrate for use. On the other hand, the flakes thrown down by my grater will be free from impacting or massing and will go into whatever dish of cockery they are used with in a flocculent and highly useable condition.

I claim:

1. A grater comprising a deeply dished grater head with grater teeth projected inwardly along the curved inner face of the head, said inner face being provided with slots or openings extending in curved lines at angles to the radii extending through the axis of rotation of the head, and means for rotating said head, whereby the convex contour of the rind of a fruit such as oranges or lemons will be presented to the concaved rotating surface of the grater member.

2. A grater comprising a deeply dished circular grater-head with grater teeth projected inwardly along the curved inner face of the head, said teeth being arranged in curved lines at angles to the radii extending through the axis of rotation of the head, said inner face being provided with slots or openings between lines of grater teeth, and means for rotating said head, whereby the convex contour of the rind of a fruit such as oranges or lemons will be presented to the concaved rotating surface of the grater member and the flakes grated from the rind will be thrown off through the slots.

3. A grater comprising a deeply dished circular grater head, a horizontal shaft suporting saidgrater head for rotation in a vertical plane, a crank for rotating the grater head in that plane, grater teeth projected inwardly along the curved inner face of the head, said grater teeth being arranged in successive spaced rows, and a series of elongated slots corresponding in number to the rows of grater teeth positioned between each pair 01 said rows, whereby when the grater head is rotated the convex contour of the rind of a fruit such as oranges or lemons will be presented to the concaved rotating surface of the grater member and the flakes grated from the rind will be thrown oif and down through the slots.

EDWARD PRINZ. 

